The residents of Panjpeer and Children Park in Rajouri town Monday staged demonstrations against the prevailing water crisis in their areas.
At Panjpeer, a large number of people, including women andchildren, assembled on the Jammu-Rajouri highway and blocked it. They also setsome old tyres on fire and raised slogans against the concerned department.
After an hour-long protest, Tehsildar Rajouri and othergovernment officials reached the spot and pacified the protesters, assuringthem that the water supply will be immediate restored in their area.
Meanwhile, people living in Children Park locality of thetown and also staged a demonstration and blocked the Gujjar Mandi to PanjaChowk road.
The protesters, while raising slogans against the concerneddepartment, said that everyone is affected due to water scarcity in their area.
The protest was pacified after senior government officialsand police team reached the spot.
Meanwhile, on being contacted, Public Health Engineeringofficials said, “Due to inclement weather, there is severe power crisis whichis resulting in prolonged power curtailment. As a result, pumping of waterthrough pumping stations has remained minimal, resulting in water shortage.”